2012 HP Open – Singles

Singles
2012 HP Open
Final
Champion	Heather Watson
Runner-up	Chang Kai-chen
Score	7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
Events
Singles Doubles
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Marion Bartoli was the defending champion, but chose not to compete.

Heather Watson won the title after a marathon 3 hour 12 minute battle with Chang Kai-chen. The match saw Watson hold match point before Chang came back and won the second set. Chang went up a break and had multiple match points at 5–4 before Watson broke and won a final-set tiebreak. Watson won by a score of 7–5, 5–7, 7–6^(7–4). Watson became the first British player to win the WTA Tour level since Sara Gomer in the 1988 Women's California State Championships.

Seeds

1. Samantha Stosur (semifinals)
2. Zheng Jie (second round)
3. Christina McHale (first round)
4. Francesca Schiavone (first round, retired)
5. Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)
6. Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round)
7. Chanelle Scheepers (quarterfinals)
8. Laura Robson (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Samantha Stosur	4	6	63
		Chang Kai-chen	6	4	77
									Chang Kai-chen	5	7	64
									Heather Watson	7	5	77
		Misaki Doi	62	5
		Heather Watson	77	7

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	S Stosur	6	6
		E Sema	4	2				1	S Stosur	1	6	6
	Q	N Luangnam	3	3					V Razzano	6	2	4
		V Razzano	6	6											1	S Stosur	6	6
		A Morita	3	2												J Hampton	2	4
		J Hampton	6	6					J Hampton	7	7
	WC	T Tanasugarn	6	6				WC	T Tanasugarn	5	5
	5	Y Shvedova	3	2																		1	S Stosur	4	6	63
	3	C McHale	3	65																			K-c Chang	6	4	77
		K-c Chang	6	77					K-c Chang	77	6
		K Date-Krumm	3	6	4				C Dellacqua	64	3
		C Dellacqua	6	3	6											K-c Chang	6	3	77
	Q	Y Zhou	7	6											8	L Robson	4	6	64
	WC	K Nara	5	4				Q	Y Zhou	4	4
		E Daniilidou	4	2				8	L Robson	6	6
	8	L Robson	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	C Scheepers	6	6
		A Glatch	4	1				7	C Scheepers	6	6
		M Lučić	4	6	6				M Lučić	2	2
	Q	L Kumkhum	6	3	4										7	C Scheepers	6	1	3
		M Doi	7	3	6											M Doi	2	6	6
		J Cohen	5	6	0				M Doi	6	6
	Q	O Puchkova	6	2				Q	O Puchkova	3	2
	4/WC	F Schiavone	4	1r																			M Doi	62	5
	6	A Medina Garrigues	3	6	6																		H Watson	77	7
		C Giorgi	6	2	2			6	A Medina Garrigues	77	2	3
		H Watson	6	6					H Watson	64	6	6
		P Hercog	4	4												H Watson	7	6
		M Johansson	2	2												P Parmentier	5	3
		P Parmentier	6	6					P Parmentier	6	6
		MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	5	4			2	J Zheng	3	4
	2	J Zheng	4	7	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Johanna Larsson (qualifying competition)
2. Olga Puchkova (qualified)
3. Eugenie Bouchard (qualifying competition)
4. Yurika Sema (first round, retired)
5. Wang Qiang (first round)
6. Junri Namigata (second round)
7. Luksika Kumkhum (qualified)
8. Nudnida Luangnam (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Nudnida Luangnam
2. Olga Puchkova
3. Luksika Kumkhum
4. Zhou Yimiao

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Johanna Larsson	6	6
		Varatchaya Wongteanchai	4	4
								1	Johanna Larsson	1	78	6
									Miharu Imanishi	6	66	0
		Rika Fujiwara	5	2
		Miharu Imanishi	7	6
															1	Johanna Larsson	4	3
															8	Nudnida Luangnam	6	6
	WC	Robyn Beddow	2	0
		Ksenia Lykina	6	6
									Ksenia Lykina	3	4
								8	Nudnida Luangnam	6	6
	WC	Yoshimi Kawasaki	0	0
	8	Nudnida Luangnam	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	2	Olga Puchkova	6	6
		Zarina Diyas	1	4
								2	Olga Puchkova	6	6
									Miki Miyamura	3	1
	WC	Chihiro Takayama	2	0
		Miki Miyamura	6	6
															2	Olga Puchkova	6	6
																Aki Yamasoto	2	4
		Kazusa Ito	4	3
		Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6	6
									Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	3	1
									Aki Yamasoto	6	6
		Aki Yamasoto	4	6	6
	5	Wang Qiang	6	3	4

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Eugenie Bouchard	2	6	6
		Eri Hozumi	6	4	4
								3	Eugenie Bouchard	4	6	6
									Daria Gavrilova	6	1	4
		Alexandra Stevenson	1	3
		Daria Gavrilova	6	6
															3	Eugenie Bouchard	1	2
															7	Luksika Kumkhum	6	6
	WC	Miyu Kato	63	3
		Katalin Marosi	77	6
									Katalin Marosi	6	1	2
								7	Luksika Kumkhum	4	6	6
		Misa Eguchi	3	4
	7	Luksika Kumkhum	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Yurika Sema	6	3	2r
	WC	Risa Ozaki	2	6	3
								WC	Risa Ozaki	3	6	2
									Shuko Aoyama	6	0	6
		Shuko Aoyama	6	6
	WC	Darija Jurak	2	2
																Shuko Aoyama	2	3
																Zhou Yimiao	6	6
		Zhou Yimiao	710	6
	WC	Riko Sawayanagi	68	2
									Zhou Yimiao	6	77
								6	Junri Namigata	2	61
		Erika Takao	2	5
	6	Junri Namigata	6	7

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw